Saturday, May 7, 2011

Pre-season polls make news and our friends at ESPN have more than most. Here's a link to ESPN college football writer Brian Bennett's blog post on why he voted the Irish into his top-twenty along with a link to the actual poll -- which you'll see is typical for ESPN, not factual about Notre Dame:

Looks like Coach Kelly's enthusiasm is rubbing off on others at Notre Dame. Here's a link to a video posted on the Notre Dame Football Facebook page. You might need a Facebook account to view this. Here's the link:

The Compton Family Center -- the new home of Notre Dame Hockey received its first visit by the Fighting Irish who will call it home. Jeff Jackson's Irish received a tour of the facility -- which opens November 19th against Boston College. The only team member who didn't take the tour was Jackson himself -- who stood outside. The Head Coach has decided he doesn't want to step foot into the building until it is completely done. Here's a link to the WNDU-TV coverage of the tour: